Drumstick Sambar

• Toor dal – 1 cup
• Drumstick – 1 cup(cut into 2cm long)
• Shallot or small onion – 10 -12 no.(full)
• Onion – 1sliced
• Tomato – 3 chopped
• Tamarind – small lemon size
• Sambar powder – 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Asafetida – ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1tsp
• Urad dal – 1tsp
• Fenugreek seed – ¼ tsp
• Coriander leaves – as required (chopped)
• Curry leaves – 1 string
• Salt – to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp

1. In the pressure cooker add the toor dal, turmeric powder, sliced onion, tomatoes, asafetida a pinch and 2 cups water.
2. Mean while soak the tamarind in the water.
3. In a kadai add the oil, when become hot add mustard, urad dal, cumin and fenugreek seeds.
4. When it starts to crackle add curry leaves, shallot and the drumstick.
5. When onion become pink add the sambar powder and salt.
6. After 1 or 2 min add the tomato let it mash nicely.
7. In mean time the drumstick will also cook nicely if not add some water.
8. Now add the tamarind water, let it boil for a min. Now add the boiled toor dal, if you want you can mash it lightly.
9. Let it boil for some time and check the seasoning
10. Now off the stove and put the coriander leaves over it. Ready to serve.

Tips:

1. I used shallot here you can also use the regular onion, but the shallot gives more taste.
2. You can use any vegetable and in any combination but all together 1 cup, but if you are using ladies finger fry it in little oil.
3. Sambar powder you can make at home. I used Shakti sambar powder

Drumstick, brinjal & cauliflower chops

• Onion - 200gms (chopped)
  
• Tomato - 200gms (chopped)
• Brinjal -  200gms (cubes)
  
• Drumstick - 2 no.(chopped)
• Cauliflower - 1 cup (break into florets)
• Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Coconut - ¼ cup
• Green chilly - 2 no.
• Coriander powder - 3 tsp
• Chilly powder - 2 tsp
• Termaric powder - ¼ tsp
• Tamarind paste - 4 tsp
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• Pepper powder - ½ tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 4 tbsp

1. Grind cocnut, green chilly and fennel seed ½ tsp.
2. In an wok put oil, when it become hot add fennel seed.
3. Now add onion,when it become transparent add ginger-garlic paste.
4. when the raw smell goes add tomato and little salt so that it cook fast.
5. When tomato is cooked add all the chopped vegetables.
6. Fry it for some time and then add chilly powder, coriander powder and termaric powder.
7. Add some water so that the vegetables cook.
8. When the vegetable cooked add the coconut paste and the tamarind paste.
9. When oil comes in the side add the pepper.
10. It is ready when it become thick.